| Object: ARP 6 (NGC 2537) | Date: 2015 January 24 |
| Peculiarity: Low surface-brightness spiral. | |
| Constellation: Lynx | Time & altitude: 21.15 UT 63º |
| Catalogue data: | Seeing (5 high): 4/5 |
| R.A: 8h 13m | Transparency (5 high): 4/5 |
| Dec: +46º 00 | Telescope: 0.5m f4.1 Dob. |
| Magnitude: 12.3 | Eyepiece: 17mm Ethos x120 and 8mm Ethos x260 |
| Galaxy size (mins): 1.7 x 1.5 | Filters: Lumicon Deep Sky |
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Notes: Easy to see. At x120 (no filter) it is an even, round glow. At x260 it appears slightly elongated NS but still no structure. The N boundary is abruptly darker while the S boundary is less well defined. With the Deep Sky filter, mottling in the disk becomes visible, but nothing suggestive of the galaxy’s name “Bear Paw”. A foreground star visible in photos on the N edge was not seen. However the faintest of the five stars in the drawing was seen only with AV and is in Megastar as GSC3408:714, mag 15.4. Just E of it is NGC 2537A mag 15.3 glimpsed with AV. |
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